#productvision

Here are the key areas where we provided crucial support:

Kaizen Practice - Collaborative Problem-Solving Teams brainstorm and collaborate to devise solutions (Kaizen) for specific team challenges.

Kaizen Fair - Showcasing Excellence Recognizing and rewarding outstanding individuals and teams with the most impactful Kaizen initiatives.

The HR team actually entrusted our members with their foundational coaching skills to guide participants in refining their ideas and achieving success.

In a coaching point of view, our success hinges on our ability to help participants transform their initial ideas into concrete concepts with actionable plans.

Despite considerable workload pressures facing our team with delivering the bank's core functionalities, the Head of Transformation and the new Head of Agile approached me with this request.

Partnering with my experienced colleague Son Le and the energetic Hien Nhu, they were the perfect fit! Togehter we embarked on this initiative, initially with some reservations about tackling complex problems with diverse groups for next following Saturdays...

The experience proved to be absolutely rewarding and engaging!

While numerous pre-existing canvases (Lean Startup Canvas, Product Canvas, Team Canvas, etc.) existed, I, after thorough research, proposed using a novel canvas tailored to encourage emergent concepts through Design Thinking methodologies.

The Proposed Canvas:

Inspired by a Business Case Canvas and a Product Vision template, here's the structure we suggested for facilitating the exercise:

Why?  Identify the problem/opportunity and the overall vision to address it.

What? Describe the potential solution to tackle the identified issue.

End User? Define the individuals most impacted by the problem or the prime beneficiaries of the solution.

What the Success looks like?  Outline the idealistic impact on users and the market if the solution is implemented.

Success Measurement: Determine the key metrics to gauge success.

Timeline & Milestones: Establish a feasible timeline and key milestones for achieving the desired outcome.

How-To: Define the essential steps to bring the solution to life.

Who's Involved? Identify the necessary team members or profiles required for implementation.

Stakeholders:  Pinpoint sponsors and individuals accountable for the initiative's success.

Resources:  Determine the necessary technical components and procurement needs.

Constraints:  Acknowledge and understand the current limitations.

Risk Assessment: Identify and address potential risks.

Through collaborative refinement sessions with various groups, our team successfully enhanced over 20 Canvases. Additionally, we equipped participants with effective pitching skills to present their ideas within a five-minute timeframe. Remember that the most impactful Canvases will be presented to the bank's divisional heads.